diff --git a/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts b/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts
index f969156a29..9346052d3f 100644
--- a/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts
+++ b/extensions/schema-compare/src/schemaCompareMainWindow.ts
@@ -1126,6 +1126,20 @@ export class SchemaCompareMainWindow {
 		if (ownerUri) {
 			endpointInfo = endpoint;
 			endpointInfo.ownerUri = ownerUri;
+		} else if (endpoint.endpointType === mssql.SchemaCompareEndpointType.Project) {
+			endpointInfo = {
+				endpointType: endpoint.endpointType,
+				packageFilePath: '',
+				serverDisplayName: '',
+				serverName: '',
+				databaseName: '',
+				ownerUri: '',
+				connectionDetails: undefined,
+				projectFilePath: endpoint.projectFilePath,
+				targetScripts: [],
+				dataSchemaProvider: '',
+				folderStructure: loc.schemaObjectType			// TODO: Pick this automatically from the scmp file, after issue #20332 is resolved (check dsp as well)
+			};
 		} else {
 			// need to do this instead of just setting it to the endpoint because some fields are null which will cause an error when sending the compare request
 			endpointInfo = {